1:38 PM EST, West Windsor, NJ

Sitting in a Starbucks cafe in a upscale but still developing mall. Spending a couple of hours in the cafe, the next couple at Barnes and Noble. Then sometime on window shopping. And yes, finishing my To-Do must reads, catching up with the lost sleep and so on. I am trying to make the most of my break before I start with my internship next week.

The last few months were tough, and I mean really tough. With the economy in its worst phase since the Great Depression, it taught me a good lesson or rather I should say it clearly showed what it means to be looking for a job in this turmoil. Not just for me, but for my friends, colleagues, and everyone in the school - it was a difficult time. But hope doesn't die. And even when there would be many who would be graduating without jobs, hope is something which would keep everyone including myself (Yes - I still have a Full-Time job to look for next year) alive and kicking.

I am definitely looking forward to working next week. I believe it would be a very different environment for me. From a company with 100,000+ people to a company with around 200 people. It would definitely be a different world. In fact, I had once worked in a project with peak team size of 120 - I am guessing it would be a similar experience. Just that instead of project in a huge company, I would be working with the entire company itself.

Will hopefully post some posts regarding my internship experiences.